Smoking Alternator
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Smoking Alternator
I washed my engine today - as it was quite muddy. Later this evening my battery was dead. I hooked up my trickle charger to the battery and set it to 12 volts 2 amps. About 5 minutes later the alternator began to smoke and I immediately removed the charger; it smelled of burning plastic. I know the charger is not to blame and I have used it several times before on this same vehicle. Could getting the alternator wet have something to do with it? Any ideas as to why the alternator would smoke?
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a short some where .
i had an amp make my alt smoke once took the amp off no moor problems at all
but washing the alt will make it steam when it is hot
tell me moor bought your tuck
audio and suff lights things like that
i had an amp make my alt smoke once took the amp off no moor problems at all
but washing the alt will make it steam when it is hot
tell me moor bought your tuck
audio and suff lights things like that
Last edited by rebult junk; 06-23-2007 at 08:10 PM.
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Alternators do not like getting wet. You should never spray-wash your engine bay without at least removing or covering your major electrical components (ie battery, alt, fuse box). Underhood electrical is very sensitive to water. I've seen ruined distributors, spark plugs and wires, and definitely alternators because of open hoods in the rain.
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